The Portland daily press., 1887-02-11

| the quantity of mackerel, and Prof. Good
| the next highest authority, said that II 1t di
not destroy them it might defect them froI
their course.
| bill take effect on the first Of July Qnstead o
| March, 1888. Rejected.
The bill was then passed-yeas, "a nays
| IL. CThe negative votes were: BLACKBURN
| Call, Eustis, Evarts. Miller, Sauls
bury, Sewell, Vance, Van Wyck and Walth
| ALL
A committee of conference was ordered
and Messrs. Palmer, Gray and Hale were
| appointed.
The bill as passed provides that for a pc.
riod Of five years from and after the first
day Of March. 1888, no maekerel other than
what is known as Spanish mackerel, caught
between the first day OF March and the hrst
day OF June, inclusive Of each year shall be
imported into the United States or landed
upon It's shores.
Provided. however, that nothing in this
act shall be held to apply to mackerel caught
with hook and line from boats and landed In
said boats, or in traps and weirs connected
with the shore. That section 1921 OF tie
Revised Statutes Is amended for period of
five years aforesaid so as TO read before the
last sentence as follows:
"This license does not grantthe right to fish for
mackerel, other than for what Is known as Span
ish maekerel between the first day Of March and
the rst day OF June, inclusive. OF this year." In
lieu Of the foregoing there shall be Inserted so
much OF said period OF time may remain unex-
pired under this act.
That the penalty for violation or attempted yio-
latiOn OF vessel Of this country, and the forfeit
ure to the United States according 10 law, Of
Inackerel Imported, or landed, or sought 70 be
sas.asss with sl.ss rau arc ha--
The Senate then resumed consideration Of
the Fades Tehauntepec bill and was address
ed by Mr.. Gibson in support Of it. He was
in favor Of the pending proposition because
OF the geographic proximity OF the route and
because 1t was backed as an engineering
scheme by man by the name Of Fades. He
was in favor Of it also because 1t was more
easily defended than any other route pro-
posed.
Mr. Hoar spoke in favor of the bill as one
Of the most important steps the American
people had taken for generation and Of
which the prize was to be the control Of the
Without finishing his argument Mr.. Hear
yielded to motion to adjourn, and the Sen
ate at 4.25 o'clock adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Lowering Of Massachu-
setts. the Senate bill was passed for the erec-
tion Of public building at Lynn, Mass, at
an ultimate cost Of 100000.
The House went into committee Of the
whole on the consular and diplomatic appr0-
pTiatiOn bill.
Mr.. Allen of Mississippi said he was bound
to say the criticisms made yesterday by Mr..
Cannon against the Democratic party were
Just and appropriate. He remembered that
In 1876 the Democratic committee on apprO-
priatlons brought In diplomatic appropria-
tl0n bill carrying less than 81, ,000,0 600 and
the Republican party had been arraigDed for
reckless extravaganza. Now the Democrat
ie committee came in with bill appropriat-
ing over Sj00OO0 more than had been re-
quired by the reckless Republican admins
wa a iNla IN gfn nd
Mr.. Belmont inquired II the gentleman
knew the amount OF Increase in this bill
over the bill Of last year.
Mr.. Allen replied that he did. The bill Of
last year had gone through the House by
unanimous consent from the Democratic
side. and had appropriated S12l 900 more for
a Democratic administration than had been
given to the preceding Republican admins
tratiOn. When, in his campaign. he had
charged the Republican party with extrava-
gance, he had believed it, and now his Dem
oeratic friends wanted to convince him that
he had been perpetrating scandal Laugh.
ter and applauSe). 1t was said, continued
Mr.. ALLEN, that the Secretary of State was
more familiar with the wants Of the diplO-
matte corps than the members Of Congress
were. He ALLEN was not for satisfying
their wants. He would rather satisfy the
wants Of the people at home, and II any
gentleman set out to satisfy the wants Of
any set of Office holders he would soon de-
mOllSh the surplus. IhlS Dill appropriated
S446.OO0 more than the bill did under which
the last Republican administration operated,
and S742,0 900 more than the Democratic
House Of Representatives in 1876 said was
needed to run the diplomatic service.
Messrs Hill of illinois and Clements of
Georgia defended the bill.
Mr.. Stone Of Missouri criticized the pro-
posed increase of salary Of the minister to
Chino, -Uud tho0ebt wtn go GOrkotatAt
salary to enable man TO disport himself
with becoming dignity among the Celestial
pig tails.
Mr.. Belmont, in closing the debate on the
bill, replied to the attacks made upon it. AL
luding the differences of opinion with regard
to the bill which existed upon the Demo-
critic side, he said he did not care whether
the gentlemen on the Republican side were
interested or not in those differences, be-
cause he believed many years would pass ee-
fore they would obtain any benefit from
them. The bill, he said, was an increase
over the actual amount carried by the bill of
last year of S193,000, but increased collee-
tions to the treasury under il would at the
lowest estimate be St50,000. Me whole bill
was, therefore. an increase over last year Of
only some $4,000. The committee then rose
The House at5 O'Clock adjourned